Brigadier General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, head of the research division at the Israel Defense Forces and former director general of the Ministry of Strategic Affairs, commented In the attack In an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman.Speaking to Israel Hayom, Kuperwasser said: "The likelihood that this is not an Iranian operation is low. The Iranians have the naval power of the Revolutionary Guards, which have commando units that allow them to carry out an operation. If it is an Iranian operation, they may very well be the Ines."

Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kish responded to Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who threatened not to approve the extension of Ben Gurion Airport regulations."Gantz, you are a joke. I have no other explanation. At the cabinet meeting, every ministry that asked was given a place In the Exceptions Committee. This is how it is with the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption and the Ministry of Diaspora, and it is clear that if you wanted, your ministries (Justice, Security, Communications) would accept. In the discussions, the ministry's spokesmen are also invited and are in direct contact with the Ministry of Justice. Shameless populist," Kish wrote In his Twitter account.

'We are thinking of an appropriate response,' Israeli security officials say.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz and King Abdullah of Jordan recently held a secret meeting, according to newspaper Yediot Ahronot.According to the report, in a Zoom conversation that Gantz had with activists last Friday, he hinted: "I have continuous and Ingoing contact with the Jordanian king and other Jordanian officials. I believe that dozens of collaborations can be reached." Gantz said of Netanyahu that he is "an unwanted figure there, his presence interferes with advancing relations."

Homeschooling families across country face intensified scrutiny they say crosses line to harassment Education Ministry ignores query.

The Tel Aviv District Court today sentenced Yechiel Tapiro to five years in prison and a fine of NIS 100,000.Adv. Amir Birman, who was Tapiro's partner, was sentenced by the court to three years in prison and a fine of NIS 75,000.The two, who headed TB Advanced in Finance Ltd. (in liquidation), later Keren Or, were convicted last July of theft by an authorized person in the amount of NIS 45 million, receiving fraudulently in aggravated circumstances from investors in the amount of NIS 80 million, executive offenses in the corporation, and offenses of recruiting investors without a prospectus.

Police arrested five eastern Jerusalem residents over the weekend In suspicion of stealing air conditioners from a business in Haifa.Police who arrived at the scene spotted the suspects as they were loading air conditioners Into a truck from a nearby business, and arrested them for questioning. Their detention was extended until tomorrow.

The Food and Drug Administration authorized Johnson & Johnson's vaccine for emergency use Saturday, a day after a panel of advisers to the agency voted unanimously in its favor."The authorization of this vaccine expands the availability of vaccines, the best medical prevention method for COVID-19, to help us in the fight against this pandemic, which has claimed over half a million lives in the United States," said a statement by Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock.